Jacoby Brissett — Week 5: Season-High 292 Yards, Five Sacks
2026 NFL Season · Half-PPR Scoring · Monday, Oct 12
Brissett completed 29 of 47 passes for 292 yards and 3 touchdowns with 1 interception against the Lions, and was sacked 5 times, in a 45-21 loss at home.
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Jacoby Brissett put up his biggest numbers of the season against the Lions, most of them with the game gone: 29 of 47, 292 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception, 5 sacks. He was worth +4.3 expected points added (EPA) on 52 dropbacks, +0.08 per dropback. EPA is what a play was worth given down, distance and field position.
His best throw opened the scoring. At 0-0 with 10:18 left in the first quarter, third and 11 at the Arizona 48, he hit Kendrick Bourne over the middle for 22 yards to the Detroit 30: +3.1 EPA and +9.5 points of win probability. On fourth and 1 at the 9 he turned receiver, catching Michael Wilson's pass for 7 yards to the 2, then threw a 2-yard touchdown to Teagan Quitoriano for 7-0.
Then Detroit's rush took over. Down 21-7 in the second quarter, he was sacked for 8 yards on third and 1, -2.5 EPA. The last snap of the half, third and 19, was intercepted at the Detroit 17. Down 38-14 early in the fourth, a sack on fourth and 1 at the Detroit 19 cost -4.3 EPA.
The rate still beat his baseline: -0.03 per dropback across Weeks 1 through 4 (-4.4 EPA on 162 dropbacks), with 4 interceptions, 3 of them in Week 4. His completion percentage over expected (CPOE), how often he completed passes against what their difficulty predicted, was +0.9, after +2.3. Through Week 4: 103 of 152, 818 yards, 6 touchdowns.
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